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Newspaper Page TextI . . V J . ' i . 1 . J , i! '".", - -. ----- .,.-....,... . ';. ' ' ' V .. . 7:lVO CENTS IS THE 'PRICE OF. THE EVENING JOURNAL ON THE STREETS -THAT'S ALL V r Gr OOD EVENING: ..; . The Circulation , 7, Of The Journal 7 " Yeste rd ay Was ' Th Weather. . , U; " Cloudy, probably afcowsrs: Satur- asy threatening, prciDuuiy inutn, cooler; winds southerly,- r i -. - 1 PRICE TW6 CENTS. sl'nA1? cKX PORTLAND OREGON. FRIDAY ' EVENING. JUNE T8, ' 1908. SIXTEEN " PAGES. VOL. IV. NO. 88. - A : 1XGMGED-BY 2 SHOTS its f QHiFHEFR8N SOIERGEaRICHlDSi CRlllSERSsillsIf rf PEACE 15 ;f rancc. Awakens , From i Her Gaiety to Face a jMest Serious Crisis. KAISER WOULD BECOME : THE MASTER OFEUROPE Rouvier's Intention toC6ntinUe - adTMinister Gives Great Sat-- fijsf actiprt Throughout ; the Republic. . . - y .r ' - .,(Jmntl 8BeUI rrte.) . '"' v Jue !. rrence nd 0rmny ara. om.th ver o war. Th aituatlon - 'U-' oonaldorad atralned Reporta - from the' ffontler ara to the effect that the Tleelijiir between the aoldlera of the two '- runtione Unihninr X'y Mfh. '8eyerI .. ' conftlcU have jccurfeLand , 5n.aoBH V cuhv 4he ptckeia nv exchanged ahota. Th garrteona at frontier poeta hiv beenAincreaaed: by both powere and preparatlona are being quietly mad by .x Franca to repel attempted Invaalon. : Krane'a Medlterraneanfleetlajytng 0(r;Tinler whither It haa been Bent in connefltteir. j 1th the strained." ralattona ' exlntlng betsreep Qermany and Franoa ovef ithe Moroccan queetlon. France haa a iked. Germany to explain what will b the xact bearing of tha proposed con ' ferenca on tha Morocean question 'for which Germany 'recently aenL anotlca to tha powera before signifying what ---the-Bnawer of , tha French government will 'be. .- - It Is evident that tha kaiser haa taken full advantage of Russia's discomfiture' to harass and humiliate Franc. Even tha return of Llnlevltch'a army will not materially change the aituatlon aa the . kaiser Is eonvlnced that Russia will not . ' be drawn Into another warr and should she be, her coast would be at the. mercy of the German navy. Statesmen believe that theJcalser contemplates not only the &squlnitlon- of a coaling atatton in Morocco, ' but the wrecking of the en tente of Great Britain and the forcing . ' of an alliance with France, with the lm 1 piled recognition of the kaiser aa mae ter of Kurope. , ' T Th"annnuneement today that M. Rou , vler will continue aa minister of foreign affairs affords great relief throughout f which has awakened from her find herself -face to face with Tserlous situation of the Inst e Tserk ' Vwwssili kr known-iart of Rouvler la counted upon to auccessfully extricate Franca from tha difficulties surround . Ing her Rouvler la a great friend of -i Great Britain and not .like his-prede-1 .cessor., polcasse. a sympathlipr wlJj, "I Russia. It ls"libw'''pracncalTynrrttted that had not Rouvler taken hold when ' ha did, the nation would have been i plunged into a war with Germany, 'through Dclcasse'a falling to conjpre- hend the kalser'a policy of humiliating ' Franca" and - reducing her to second - place imong. tha European powers. HAY WILL REMAIN IN -1 PRESIDENT'S CABINET ; fjoarnal BpeUt Srrlc. V?.. Vlt Tuna) 1 ft flar ra M r V tt feute Hay l.-re.ttn today at .h.hom.lt.me th.V. 1. salcU of his dnuKhter. Mrs. Harry Payn ' Whitney of this city, after hla trip from V Biirope where he went lust Msrch to re- cover hla-health. Ha la Improved., but stlU Pala and seems a trifle feeble. Aaked whether he Intended resigning lirom th cabinet, he aald: ' m ' ."1 shall remain in the cabinet, until 'eljhar" Prcaldent Roosevelt or myaejf - -aas that 1 should resign." - 'WOULD MAKE MONDAYS' " ... t..;. FREE TO LITTLE ONES -.. - i Tha enormous success of flag dy. when children were ad- "" tnltted free nf harga-- tha aa-- --bpettloii grouridr4wa 4myrese4 ttflf strongly on tha minds of the fair officials and they are 4 aerlnusly considering ' the ad . visibility nf declaring each Mon- ' day hereafter children's day and Admitting -all youngsters free. ' This would be in accordance ,. Vlth tlM! policy adopted at other t'lnternaTlonal expositions, and its ..advsntage Is evident. The, man 4 ,. or woman with a'ifamlly of chll- i.rtr;i will glndly pay the half iiollar for hla or her admission. Jf-by so doing tharr.llttle one- onuld enter without additional . a) lenet.T"-- ' ' - i -" i - '" ,'That would be the very beat way to get the -crowds here." re- . marked an official en tha grounds oflay.Vend J brieve that rreel- ont Good, will aooner or later- lorder the 'institution of that 4 PUtn." -. . : ' ' ' .1 - I i - I lU . . ' d . a ai i ' .' 1 .' l.n.rt: i I I -." r I . " I FFT MARY RflilFfiS .P . ...... . Woman Convicted of Murder of Husband Wilt Be Hanged ; Next Friday ' "' CHLOROFORMED HUSBAND ; AFTER TYING HIS HANDS .;v. - ' .T- -i Evidence of Cold-Blooded Killing Whlch Deters Gov. Bell From Commuting Sentence. "" " J ." (Journal gpecial Servkre.) .' Mohtpoller, Vt., June U. -Unless there Is an elventh-hour interference on the part of -the "governor,-which- la regarded a n""""-'K """f "'v V mihh ii"r convicted of the murder of her husband, will be hanged one week from today in the state prison.' No visitors are per mitted to aee the condemned woman ex cepting her mother and sister and her spiritual adviser She- Is said to be bearing up well, though tha prison of ficials anticipate a breakdown before the fatal day. The scaffold haa been erected In an unused wing of the prison. Care ful tests wlll.be toade during the coming week and every precaution taken --to prevent any bungling In the execution. . Twice Mts, Rogers haa been reprieved at the stepVof the acaf fold." Each aought, merely -to-give 'the law greater time to investigate and remove all pos sible doubt. Vonderful ' forces have been enlisted. In the' efforUto save Mrs. Rogers from the gallows. Strangers to her and to her atata have brought every possible , Influence to bear that aha might expiate her. conceded trlmer or murdering a nusnsna in the peni tentiary, -with time, her executioner. Tat her than man. - . Women rigfet for E, . Mrs. William J. Ullckenaderf.r haa led the womto-of the east In tha effort to have the governor commute -Mrs. Rogera sentence to life imprisonment. Attorneys tor Mrs. Rogers took a final appeal to the state supreme court, giving as cauaa the lack of constitu tional .power on tha part of tb atate courts. Thls -was -denied the- suDreme court-holulo - hat no -federal -question was Involved... Thla murder waa peculiarly executed. Mrs. Rogers had a companion, ' Leon rerham, ' who . assisted in tha murder, and who related the story when the trtnl came, throwing mhst. of the'blama upon the woman.- Thla -Is the evidence which seems to have Influenced Oover nor . Hell - aaalnst commuting ' tha woman's sentence. , According 'to rerham, Mrs. Roger had written to her husband, from, whom ahe waa eatranged, asking him to meet her at 9:20 o'clock at night. After the meeting and a pretended reconciliation. lon led the wny Into Moraan'a grove, and by a winding path to' the river. A great stone wall seps rated the . grove from tha river bank. , The. distance from the wail to- the bank waa -laaa- than -half S dnson feet. . ' . . - "May and I walked along with Roger until. we came to a break in the wall." (Continued on Page Six.) : -. V:" ? Jr- Mrs. Mary Rogers Whctlls . to Be Hanged Next Week. Below It a Prtrait tt Mrs. William- J, Bficl? ensderf etvLeader of. the Movement 1 t j Care H ai Fi win the Gallows. 1 .-.r, " MADE $10,090 A DAY , PROFIT OFF BRITISH , ....... i. . American Contractor Cleans Up . Fortune by Fleecing Army During Boer War. " . - . .-V 1 '(Journal Special STee. . "London, June 16. H. J. Meyer,. whom the report of Sir "WUllam Butler and committee accuses of engineering deals with the stores department of the Brit ish army In the Boer war, la an Ameri can resident of St. Loula. The com mittee : appointed 3o . Investigate xthe chiriH.of rraft bv ron tractors and army officials of tha Boer war haa made Its report. - It proves that Meyer's trans actions in: buying oats from tha stores department aniL.the selling of the oats back, brought $10,000 a day at on time. Meyer Is the sou of a chemical manu facturer of St. Louis and went to South Africa in conneet!on.wlth a cold storage company.' "Later on he waa known aa managing director of the Meyer com pany, limited, general contractore..- -it -la underatood that-behind. -Meyer stand- srm-mch- more- Import ant -financiers. Tlie Identity of -these, the com mittee reports, were precluded on' learn ing thar limitations; would be placed on the Inquiry by the ' war secretary. MONTANA MEN MAKE 1 " 4 -RECORD TRIP WITH AUTO ' (Special 4tapicb ta Tb. Jouraal.) Helena, Mont., June 10 Ffom Butta to Helena In em -automobile. In virtually four hours, or about the same time aa Is consumed by Great Northern pa: senger -trains haa been accomplished In an ordinary steamer by' AI Oreene and four friends, Attorney-General A J. Galen, Lnu Frank. Kd t-Murphy and 8. W Dudley. -x. - . Considering' tht th--marhlra crossed the main ange'ef the Rorky countaln the feat la considered remarkable. Ail previous 'records w.r . beaten by mora than two houra. . CeneralXand Office Com- r: missioned to Portland. RECORDS FOR USE IN -v LAND FRAUD TRIALS Secretary Hitchcock LenrirVery : Aid. to ; Prosecuting Cases' .gaiMtillegeoLJimber Land Thieves., - -' ' (Special Dt.paiek to Tbs looroU.) , Washington, T. G, June la.-SecraUry of the Interior IB, A, Hltohcock TiaTa di rected Commlaaloner W. A.,Richarda of the general land office to' proceed to Portland at once In order to- ba present at tha opening of the land fraud trlala next - Tueaday. ' At the present ' time Commissioner Richards is -spending a vacation "on Rls Wyom m r ranch;- .1 1 ta .K.t irf" nnwin tha -rotiffh mnrvvw"' .. ,.d v section of Wyoming, many miles from a railroad, and It such Is tha case mes sengers will be Bent ror mm at on. vniiT nr i inimi HTBias -im i.la, - rranM. J. T4nnev fiPH- ,1 1U. H l.-J " retary Hitehcoek Tiaa alee directed that several oieraa in iiib g-oraj moo uiuua proceed to rortiasa ai once. . vv iu tocm will h. rnrtrA m mnA flAflumantl that Will ba put In evidence at the trlala. All of them will remain in uregon aa long neeoeo. Intrthln. n. ,tiv nnm m t im nAA in tha land frauds cases that tha govern ment can furnish will be given, Seore- , -... Ul.h.w.lr - Viavlna. nH.rmi nvirr- thing thats may throw any light on tha cases to Da sent air. neney at vac. 'When shown tha above dispatch, Mr. Heney smiled and Bald: -"Well, thafa JuBt Tight I asked that the clerks be sent aa well aa certain recorda. We have a very large collec tion of . documents, but will have tha others on hand." Upon being asked how long Commis sioner Rlcharda and tha clerks would remain In Portland, he aald: ' "They will remalnJustaalonga they are needed." WILL CANCEL SALES. Teat Caa to Ba Made to Bettl C.rtlf U - eataa' Tainan - .- (Special Dlptch to Tb. Joeraal.) . Salem. Or., June 1. Upon the re quest .of Attorney W. H. Holmes, the state land board today arranged to can cel two sales of state land ao mandaraua suits msy be brought to. test the ques- peachabla If. In the hands . of Innocent holders.. Tha certificates upon which the. teat la to ba made were Issued in Beptember, 1000, upon applications purporting to have been signed by I. U. Glrard and H. A. Wild before H. H. Turner, notary public in thla city. Tha land board takes tha position that these certificates were fraudulently obtained. Mr.YHolmee did not disclose tha . Identity of hla clients, but aald tha certificates had been hypothecated In a Chicago bank. The laat known by tha land office th certlflcatea were held by A. T. K el 1 1 her. Kelliher bad two atenographera present at tha meeting thla morning to take down everything that was aald and dona. He is supposed to be in Chicago. FOUNDRY STRIKE MAY (Journal Special Rentes.) New Tork. June 1 . President ' Mc Ardla. of tha International Association of Foundry Men, haa announced that If tha employers of N.w Tork and New Jersey were to force a atrlka now by. refusing to grant an Increase of.' It centa a day, he will extend tha strike to the entire country. 1 .; . : v THREE NEGROES ESCAPE -HANGING THROUGH WRECK (Jraal Special BattaLt '. Decatur, Ala.-, -June II. -A train from Birmingham, bearlnar Harvey Smith, John Collier and Will . Jackson, tha three negro murderers, aentenced to hang her today, waa wrecked at Boyle, Just out of Birmingham. A a reault, a delay in th. hanging! mar .occur .and tha executions may not take plac to day. ; ' . ' HEALTH ENDANGERED BY DEBRIS FROM BIG FLOOD - (Journal Special Battle. V '-rM-r Grand Rapids, Mich., June 1 Decay ing debris left by th flood of last WeCK has aerloualy- menaced th health of th west side. The board of health and city council are actively combating the, dan ger. A force of men ar at work re moving tba debiTa. ' Chicago and Boston Ar rive-Off icers Welcomed J)y;'FairDirecto REVENUE;CUTTER. BOOMS -r SALUTE TO ADMIRAL Head of the Pacific Squadron in. Brought" Cervera-toThis r Country After Destruction of. the Spanish Fleet. . -r ' t The 'cruisers Chicago and Boa- 4 ton, which arrived thla morning,- . ar lying In the stream between 4 tha. Burnslde and steerTj'ridges. , O Those desiring to go aboard wW 4 4 embark In small boata-at any Of , ' th landing. ont weatetoTe . of .-th river. - The principal - - points from which -thefce craft 4 are operated are located at tha P'' foot of Morrison street, south and 4 .nonn oi uie pnugv, ai m. iwi yt w tStarav atreot and.-atCouchiatreetZL - dock. Th far Is z cents, tor 4 tha round trip,.- a - ' Tba protected - crulBer Chicago, Cap. tain Mooas, flagship of Rear-Admiral Goodrteh5-htbrough-Crvar-and-blettrmlH ifi, exacrffeptbnharTiacDean mea . prisoners ' to tha, shores of tha United Btatee In ' th Spanish ' war, dropped anchor In Portland harbor, be low the Burtaslde brliUcf. at 10:lt o'clock this morritnfc, 'ind a few minutes later tha Boston, also a protected cruiser, Commander NUes, attached to Rear-Admiral Goodrich' Pacific squadron, lowered ita. ponderous bowers Into tha watera of the., Willamette, a few hun dred yards below tb Chicago. Immedi ately tha Hugh McCulloch. revenue cut ter, whlcn has Deen ner ior several days, boomed forth a salute of 1 guns. The McCulloch salutes wltn n gun. sir," reported Flag Lieutenant Sargent to tha admiral In tha cabin. I -W-ao not answer tha salute," waa tha reply, ao the big guns of the flag ship remained silent. Neither waa the expected salute given aa tha warships passed tha exposition grounds, - and in explanation Flag Lieutenant Sargent aald;. ... .. , "Uncle Sam doea not shake hands with himself. Tha regulatlona forbid the veasels of our- navy aalutlng a port of th United Statea. r W ar not per mitted to carry out th plan that waa proposed." ' ." " 'Welcomed a jTTaliT Officials. ins nagsE st tiff Dti Johas by th launch Rover, carrying President H. W. Goods of the exposition, First Vice-President I. N. Flelschner, L. Allen Lewis, S. M. Mekra. W. l. Fenton, Aa slstant to tha President Theodore Hardee and Dr. K. A- J. Mackensle, who wel comed tha representatives of the navy to tha exposition festivities. When the launch.- acoompanted by a " flotilla of river craft of all descriptions, met the Chicago tha ateps wre lowered and Cap tain Moora greeted tke party on deck and oonveyed them to tha admiral's cabin, where they chatted until the anchor waa dropped. ' when they dlaem barked ---after -partly arranging for elaborate functions that will mark the period the warahlpa remain In port. ...TherarTwlll . ba exhibition drills and maneuvers ty-4he tars for . thetenter- talnment and Instruction or the people, and th officers and men will ba guesta of th exposition ; officials ., on - the arounda, ...... ... Tonight thitorpedo boat deetroyer Perry, - Lieutenant . Bcnoneia, arrives from -Puget sound, and tha fleet will be her for many days,-4inless Instructions ar received from th war department changing present plana. Th Perry left Astoria for-Fortland' early th'a morn lng. ' ' . .. .. Wonder Who Bent Bo, Just as th flagship cropped anchor a beautirul Iiorat piece was orougni aboard and presented to tha admiral roaes and Japanese lria. I "see some Hemtder rose - In - the basket," aald Admiral Goodrich. "I think I waa the first on to cultivate them In my-otd 'horn In ' Connecticut Thes and tha other roses ar. beautiful. I wonder who Bent them." - - j Rut no card accompanied the flowers. " Rear Admiral. Oaspar Frederick Good rich commands the Paclflo Bqusdron, consisting of th Chlcsgo, Boston. Bn Mngton, Wyoming. Msrblehead. Prince, ton. Perry. Paul Jones and Saturn. The Chicago, Boston ami Perry, are . with him.. Full 800 offlcera and men com prise th craw aboard the three- vea- "Tha flagship Chicago I I2 feet long. 4 feet beam, displaces .2 tons, draws 10 feet I" Inch forward. SI feet 11 - Inches aft, bas 9.000 horse-power and mounts fouf s-lnch guns. 11 .-Inch, nine a-pounders. I 1-pounders, I Colts automatic and 1 J.-!nch field piece. Her complement IS 10 offlcera and 449 men. (Continued on Page Six.) s ; ' w Princ-Oscar-f Swedetr,-Who Mr - ried the Princess of Connaugbt Yes- -tefday. - ' v - COLUMBIA RIVER - OPEN TO LEVIATHAN Government's Jetty Work'orv the Bar Has ; . Given , - Greatly ' Increased Depth". OFFICIAL SURVEY WILL B MADE IN NEAR.FUTURE By Season's End There Will Be Enough Water rto Ffoat Largest Ships. : Aa a result of the letty work which haa been done at tha mouth of thi Co fumbla within the past "y ear the UTnlted States engineers ar of th opinion that tha bar-ha bean- given an additional depth of two feat at least. .To da- secured arrangements ar being com. pleted to make an official aurvey of tha bar. Tha work will ba started in a few daya. j - - - By tha end of the season engineers who hava been olosely watching opera. tlona state that th jetty will ba pushed three quarters of a mile farther Into tha ocean. When that la dona they ex. pect tb aand and gravel which hava been accumulating for ages In tha estuaries -of th river will be washed out to sea, will glva no further trouble and that th biggest greyhounds In commission will be able to get across tha bar aa easily aa tney float through Hell Gate. George - Bagnalt, tha United States engineer who has temporary charge of affairs st the mouth of th Columbia, returned to Portland this morning for a brief stay. He Is very much en couraged with the progress of the work and speaks with, enthusiasm of tha great results which will follow th comple tion of the lettv. He atate that rock Is be ing delivered for. the Jetty at tha ratei of. about x.TOW lone a any. sna im sr ernruent Is disposing ofhr material as fast as It Is received. ' " i. SUieiDE-PACT-ENDS LIVES OF TWO GIRLS .(Journal Special SerTlee.l Freeport, 111.. June 1. Mystery Bur rounds th death , of Mrs. John .Young and Miss' Media Pyle, IS years old, whose bodies -wer found clos together In the Pecatonlca river yesterday. A suicide compact Is baHeved to have been entered Into by the two young women, who were close f rlnds,. and a. love .af fair la reported to hare caused them to agree to end their lives. A post-mortem examination showed, however, that tha elder woman" had undoubtedly died by drowning, but mat the girl did not, aa her lung "were filled with air. - There Is a large cbntualon on her forehead. " It la tha coroners theory that the girl wished to withdraw, from the suicide eomnact. and that the woman knocked her -unconscious and- threw her Into the water. There la hut one Bet of root prints on tha bank and no sign of her body being dragged To the water. Friends say tht tha two young wom en were frequently in, the company of two young men, who were likewise iclose friends, but a quarrel resulted In th es trangement of both couples, and the, re solve of the women to end -their woes. - THIRTEEN OHIO BANKER SENT J0 PENITENTIARY " (Journal Special Service.) Toledo. Ohio. June 1. Orus M. Burns, president of the Mqhtpellef bank, .who was. Indicted by the federal arand iury for embexslement and fala entries, this morning pleaded guilty t one count and waa sentenced to seven years. Thla. makes the thirteenth Ohl banker to be sent to th stats penlten tiarju ' '. - " R0UVIER WILL RETAIN - ; CABINET PORTFOLIO i .(Joareal SpeoUt Samoa. - Pari a. June -la. Official announce ment la made that Premier Rouvler has decided 'to permanently retain tha posi tion as- minister of foreign af falra mada vacant by th resignation of Delcass. Th selection of new minister of fi nance will be mada tonight or tomorrow. Internal Troubles and the Kaiser's Aggressiveness Force Cfar's Hand. ONLY FIXING OF DATE; -LEFT FOR SETTLEMENT Plenipotentiaries Are Named by Japan---Several Weeks Must - - Elapse Before Confer- " ' ! . erjice Takes Place. r ..'- (JoarBal Special Service.) ' " """Washington." June " 1.--Peacneg6i " ttatlons contlnu to mova rapidly for- ward and' th opinion la faat gaining ' ground -among- diploma ta thatth,-aw gotlatlons will prove successful. - Japan TsJcnown to be anxious for peace and " It is confidently expected will not make exorbitant demands. Russia's Internal crisis combined wltli-.the kaiser' e . pol- icy of aggressiveness, whlcH threatens to plunge Europe Into ; a ' bloody war, makes tha czar more than anxloUa to end tha atruggla In tha far east. - - MmttterlJiahrraT-end "Ambassador"" Casslnl. were both oloseted 'with th president again: today and an announce ment ta expected -later of the peaca delegatea selected by both countries. It Is expected that Japan'a demanda will ba. substantially a recognition of Japaneae protectorate over Core,, tha return of Manchuria to China and Inter national control of th eastern Chinese ' railroad, retaining of Port .Arthur by Japan and a aubatantlal Indemnity." " . There onlyjremalna tha fixing of tha tlma . of "meeting and the number of th plenlpoteptlarles to tha peace con ference. Japan will name Marquis Ito. Baron Komura, minister of foreign af fairs, and Marahal-Tamagata... chief of . tha general staff, aa plenipotentiaries. Two of Russia's representatives will be Baron Rosen, tha newly appointed Russian ambassador to Waahlngton, and M. Neildoff, ambassador to Paris. .- Several week will elapse before th first meeting of tha negotlatora la possi ble and unless tha president Induces the belligerents to agree to an armistice the Interim way witness another bloody battle In Manchuria. Aa all tha news from the front lndlcatea that" Oyama la ready to atrlke and another Japanese victory would force . Russia to accept Japan'a terms. -........ JO HEAR THE TRUTH. - Oiar WU1 Listen to mepreeeatattoa Mada by Salstratea rrom Senuvo. Unnrml nnarlll Bsrrlns ) St. Petersburg, June 1. The csar haa Informed the delegatea front tha semstvo congress that he will receive them as Individuals though not aa an organised delegation. Ha has consented to their telling him everything they wish htm to know regarding th condi tion of the country. Thla will be th first tlma alnca the czar aacended tha throne that be haa permitted any one to tell him anything ,at all about th affairs of tha nation. GRAND DUKE RESIGNS. High Admiral Alexis, Uncle ' of Csar, Betir Trom th BTavyi ' (Journal Special 8arvtce. ". StTFetersburg. June 14. Grand Duke Alexis, high admiral of the Ruaalan navy and uncle of the csar, and Admiral Avellan, head of the- Ruaalan admiralty -department, have realgned on account of crttlctama of tha navy, by the Rua- (Contlnued on Page Three.) FORTIFY AT ONCE f . - PHILIPPINE ISLES (Joaraai Special Sarrlc.) . ) 4rWa8hlngton, June-J.-On --;;" 4 count of the present situation In . 4 the far eaat the naval war col- e 4 lege and general board of tha navy hava recommended that an. 4 other battleship be added to the 4 . Asiatic fleet, and an order to that effect will probably be Is- 4 sued-soon. The generat board' , e beltevea that, as a matter v of a) 4 policy, tha American naval force 4 In the far east '.should be - 4 strengthened to maintain th dig- 4 nlty or tn linuea siaie mnn 4 ,mor closely approach tiw pree- 'nt dominant power of Japan. - . - Th Joint , army and navy 4 board, which directs the expend. ltng -ef-all-appropriation foe-! aular defenses hsa ' rtecMed to nend nrsctlcsllv svery dollar of the available fund, amounrVrg to nearly 11.000.000, In strength ening defenses in th Philippine. :7: -'